No. There is no way that Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis were the same person. The reasons are thusly: Jefferson was born April, 3, 1743 and he died July 4, 1826. Davis w…as alive during the Civil War.

The one and only president of the Confederacy was born in Kentucky, but also lived in Louisiana and Mississippi. He was serving as a U.S. Senator from Mississippi when Souther…n states began seceding from the Union in 1860 and 1861.

George Washington, 1st U.S. President John Quincy Adams, 6th U.S. President Alexander Hamilton, 1st U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Meriwether Lewis, Corps of Discovery (…Lewis & Clark) General Robert E. Lee, Army of Northern Virginia Alfred the Great, King of the Anglo-Saxons Charlemagne, King of the Franks Prince William, Duke of Cambridge Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge Ray Bradbury, Author of "The Martian Chronicles" Harriet Martineau, Author of "The Hour and the Man" Truman Capote, Author of "In Cold Blood" Harper Lee, Author of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

His longtime companion was Sally Hemings, who may have actually been a half-sister to his late wife. She bore him six children; he freed them all when they became adults. Jeff…erson didn't treat Sally as a slave, but rather as a helpmeet. He could not have married her, because of the customs (and laws) of the time. In the modern age, he may well have.

Chuck Siata

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Avid political scientist with a strong focus on US History, including the political & military aspects of the US Civil War.

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy. Like Lincoln, he was born in Kentucky. Unlike Lincoln, Davis had a strong military background which may or may not have b…een an asset. Nevertheless, Davis was a West Point graduate, a Mexican War hero and a former Secretary of War in the US. Davis moved south from Kentucky and he and his family were part of the Southern landed aristocracy. He also served as a congressman as well as his aforementioned Secretary of War position.